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AND
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la going on, how to live economically!
how to keep himself and affairi up to
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3:30 EDITION
Wields a Potent Influence For Upbuilding
ESTABLISHED 1882. No. 4929.
12 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911. 12 PAGES.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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OPIUM
HAWAII
CAMPAIGN ON TO
TARIFF
Wholesale Grocers Maintain
Organization at Washing
ton to Get Legislation.,
PRESSURE IS BROUGHT
ON THE CONGRESSMEN
(fractal II ii lie tin Ccrirspniuirncc.)
II j- John 1'. Monk.
WASHINGTON, Mny I -flrqat
pressure la being brought tn bear on
b'cnnlnrH nml Representatives lo ro
ihico tho tariff on sugar. A commlt
lio representing tho wholcsulo groc
ers of tliii country lias opened head
quarters hero and Is also conducting
a literature campaign In tlio interest
of lower diitlcH.
In a pamphlet Issued by the com-
rmXec .nml widely circulutcd this is
mild about Hawaiian sugar:
"Tho Hawaiian Islands produced
less than 14 per cent of tho amount
of Sugar which wo consumed last
jc.ir, nml It Is estimated thut they
vhuve reached the limit of their pro
ducing cnpnclly As these sugars
come Jn "free." our high protective
tarllT etinblcs theso planters tn sell
their sugar at a correspondingly high
I'llco. Not only do tho sugnr Interests
(Continued on Page 7)
As announced In tho II ill lot In
jenterday afternoon tho swimming
icmiicUoiih at Walklkl have been
raised and tho dear public ran dlsixut
nmong llio late cliolcra germs as much
as It pleatjcs. President Mott-Smllh
Is 'I id that tho strain Incident tn tlio
Inn on swimming has been lifted from
his BhouldorR and ho feels that ho Iiiih
ceased to ho regarded In tho light of
n nubile cnoiuy.
At Its mooting vestorday afternoon
tlio Ilnaid considered tho problem of.
laming mo iptaraiitlno icslrlctions In
nil of Hit iniiiij- phases. Dr. Ilobdy
thought that tho swimming restric
tion could ho raised bo fnr as Ilia
Wallflkl district was concerned but
believed Unit harbor swimming should
he prohibited. This was tho opinion
of nil of tlio members of tho Iloaul
of Health.
President Mntt-Rinllh staled this
morning that Ihoro was no dlspoil
thin lo relax on tho prosecution of
llioso who linvo been engaged In vio
lating tho ir-giilullons and, that while
no ariestH hip being made ovldenco
was being gathered for prosecutions,
Tho moillllcil order of tho Hoard of
Health readH as follows-
"Notlco Is hoieby given Hint at u
lifctlng of tho Hoard of Health hold
Mnv Ii, 1911, tho following action was
taken:
"That tho rcgulnthm passed April
10, 1011, bo amended ns follows:
"I Until furlhor uollco tho taking
of fish, sholltlsh or uny prodiirl of llic
kca fiom Iho ocean hotweon tho shorn
ami oulor roof between tho outlet of
I'lliuilo stinnui and tho easterly side of
Kcilihl channel, dlBtrlct of Honolulu
Is stiidly prohlhltod.
"2 Until furthoe nolleo all bathing
In the sen In tho nhovo deformed aioa
Ii stilellv prohibited, Including Hono
lulu linihor. I
"Tluit the legulstloii passed April
HI, 101 1, lio iiincnnoit as follows
"Until furlhor nolleo pulling of Into
In Minion or Milium valley, district of
Honolulu. Is smelly prohlhltod. ox
ropt under Hiieh rest t let Ions as liny
he Imposed by nn agent of tho Hoard
of Health"
CONDITIONS HERE
PRAISED IN REPORT
I'oplca huw been iccelvoil hue of
Iho report of lliti I'nniiiilsihiliir of
Iflhnr nn Iho IIhvvmII.iii Manila, iniwl
nt lliu Piatn hi I for which nu rollwi
cd by l)r Vlelnr H Clntli. Tlio rrtmri
tlnJ living mill lobnr riiinllilons mix
Wncwllv Bftthl Blld Ki'llllig Iwllir
Iwdlly.
Searching For
"Higher
Opium Smuggling
Sensational results arc exported In
follow In tho wuko of tho now InvcJ-J
ligation lain tho smuggling of opium'
into tho Territory that was hegiuit
cstorday by tho United States Grand,
Jury and which will be resumed whuii
the Inderal Inquisitors iccniucno fur.
(heir final work.
The summoning of ofllclnls of tho
llnnk of Hawaii and tho first National
'Hank with their deposit ledgers show-.
I... !. .l..n..ll.. .. l l... .1.- . '
IIIK UlU lllIU9ll llimil' U UU UVUi
largest express companies In the city
is ono of tho links in n chain of cvi-
donee that Is being forged for somo,
one who Is under suspicion I
Collector of tho Tort Stackablo
stated this morning that tho latest
.STANDARD OIL BUSKS IN
HAWAII NOT AFFECTED BY
DECISION OF SUPREME COURT
Standard Oil business In Hawaii
will not ho affected by tho decision
of 'the United Stales Supremo Coutt
yesterday, according to Iho opinions
of attorneys and lmslnoss-.nion who
have consldoicd the rcpoils of tho
decision that orders tho famous cor
porntlon to dlssolvo In six months,
Ab n matter of fact-, the decision
uwalted as momentous will havo great
effect on tlio legal and financial as
pects of Stumtnid Oil business hut lit
tlo on tho physical or actual scllltiB
and distributing sldo, it Is believed
Ocorgo II, nlclinrdson, special agent
of Iho Standard Oil Company here,
whllo declining lo comment on tlio
decision of tho Supremo Court In
Iho absence of full particulars as to
Its Bcopo, ixilntcd out this morning
that In Iho Norlhoru Securities case,
the famous caso that resulted In tho
government prderlng tho Northern
POLLITZ TO POSH
San Francisco Capitalist Says
New Method Makes
More Sucrose.
I'M Pollitz dropped Into town this
morning on Iho Wilholmltia
Ho comes this time as tho only sug
ar market prophet who lias mmla
good this season.
"Oh, yes, I think that the prlco of
raw sugar will go lo the other sldo
of four cents this season," said Mr
PnlllU. And ho has the figures to
prove It.
"I nm down hero Oils time to look
ufler mattera In connection with tho
Kim Dlleh entorprlso and also tho
company that Is formed to humllo tho
Hennlng sugar extraction system.
This extraction method has been in
usn at Pioneer mill and has pnned
all that Is claimed for it It Increases
tho extraction of sueioso fiom four
tn Iho per cent, and that means n
whole lot on a crop of sugar Tho
system Is patented in tlio United
Htalca and wo luiwi proteited our
lights In all oilier coiinlrlos of tho
world
"iltislness Is very good In Kan
riiinrUio Wo hud ii ory nUn trip
down I expect in look nrouiid and
iishhi from what I luivn Inhl jiui do
what liiisliii'ss ruling my win I al
ways llkn tn ilm buck In lliiniiliilii
ami I haui always believed In tliu
uttKiir liidimiiy nml I'' inn of nuimi
plwiKwi nml ihii nun hut fur kumn' Is
mi hhh'Ii lii'liei' ill a n )ini pnopiu iinwii
lii'iti tmpMlui "
PROBE GOING DEEP
STATEHOOD
- Up" In
move of llic United Htntcs (Irani) Jury
has cnuseil considerable "worry"
iiiuong sauo citizens of the town.
The books of tho Hank of Hawaii
woro brought beToro tho (Irnnd-Jiuy
by Abo Lewis and It Is stated tli.it
the information demanded In tho sub
poena Issuo for Kred Damon of tho
Hank of Hawaii was given by Lewis,
Tho throwing of light on tho deposits
made by cither James Ino of tho
City Transfer Company or Jacobscn
of tho Union Pacific Transfer, tho lat
ter being formerly n deputy collector
under Collector of tho l'ort Stackablo
Is stated to be ono of tho Important
connecting links In tho ovldcnco thus
far sccurciL,
Securities Company to dlstolvo, Iho
actual railroading business of Iho
concern was not effected at all. Tho
corHrntlon dissolved Into Its original
component parts, tho Circa Northern,
tlio Northern Pacific and tho Hurling
ton mnds, and stockholders In tho
Northern Securities Company were
given In oxchnng! for their holdlngi
stock In each of tho three o.ids.
Whllo Iho two ca'sca tiro not entire
ly similar, Iho prlnrlp.il Invohed U
held to he much of tho same. Tho
Standard Oil people hero expect to
continue doing business Just (ho sumo
nlthnugh there may ho a chaugo In
coriKiratloiis. Tho ordor of dissolu
tion Is effective against only tho hold
ing company, which Is tho Standard
Oil Company of Now Jersey, and tha
scores of subsidiary comikiulcs wlileii
It represents will probably not oven
clinngo their names, loiter advices
wdll bring fmtlier particulars,
SUGAR PATENT
BY
-572
It cost tho Territory of Hawaii less
to bring tho Orterlc's shipload of
Portuguese mid Spaniards In tho Is
lands than tho K S. Swanhty or tho
Kiissiau shipments, according to fig
ures compiled by Dr Victor H. Clark,
rniuuilssloner of Immigration, tho Hu
mes being based on tho cost per cap
ita of getting tho immigrants here.
Tho cost per capita of bringing tlio
Immigrants that eamo by tho Hwanley
was 137, the Itusslans' cost per cap
ita was f90.tr, whllo tho Portiigueso
woio landed hero for a fraction over
Mi each, a (inference that In tho tot
als run Into thousands of dollars.
liven this iigurn I much larger
Hum It would havo boon except for
tho (luarnnllne expenses that became
iiiiavnhliihlit when fever was (Uncov
ered on Iho vessel and tho Immigrants
win it held from u week In twenty
days or nioio In pi event danger In tho
pmt
All of tlio Humes Kltiin iilmvii im ii
uilislderiihl) hlKhni (linn llinmi fur
IlllllllKliillU Hint ttm it li tlm Hiiti'ttt-,
Kinimrlo nml llvllopiills, or iliiilnti lliu
Until I'nlliTiur Hlwkalili' vi ahlimil
i i s en I i
UULUTIN, ADS PAY
Snyder To
m men
Here
(Associated Tress Cable)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 16.
Chris Snyder, tho Montana real estate
man arrested hero on a cabled request
from Collector of Customs Stackablo
in Honolulu and held for smuggling
opium, will bo tried In Honolulu. He
was taken aboard the steamer Man
churia and sent baoJVto Honolulu to
day. .'
(' Snyder, the real estnlo man ar
rested when tho Manchuria reached
Man Francisco on his last trip uud
lipid tht re charged, with smuggling
opium, declare Unit he Is tho Innocent
victim of a misplaced suspicion, ac
cording to news from tho Coast today
Hnydcr I a rial estate man of Dillon,
Mont, unfl tho arrest was made at
tliu cabled request of. Collet tor of Cus
toms Ktncknble of thl? port The Sun
lYnnclscn Call suys of his arrest:
"Snider declares that ho Ii tho In
nocent victim of tiA-tilsttacyl suspi
cion, and the Kcdcraf ofllcluK ut this
port are Inclined to think that Stuck-
nlilrt bus acted wltli mure liustu than
iHxcretlon,
Took Drink With Men.
During the Manchuria stay In Ho
nolulu, A. 1.. Howard, scinni) steward,
mid I'uul Wesslng, main deck watch
man, were arrested by 8tackabo on a'rebel commissioners. The negotiations are proceeding more rapidly than was
charge of smuggling opium. Tho men hoped, and indications are that the demands of the rebels will be agreed to.
were followed fiom the Manchuria by
customs Inspectors, und when arrested
r'nch man was found to have four tins
of opium. Howard Is said to havo been
placed on tho ship by tho l'aclllc "Mall
Steamship Company ns a doteetlvo fori
the purpose of learning -which mem-
bers of tint creV wero engaged In
smuggling , , , J of Paehuea and begun a reign of terror, pillaging banks, stores and ware
Snder went down the i gangplank nt hou looting generally and dynamiting structures that resist their efforts
the sumo time ns Howard und Wcss- entcr The ,d,nU ot tne lown hav8 barricaded their homes.
Inc. mid they walked uway fiom tho BBaBn.aaalBB.Ban....
ship In company , -
Hnydnr s.iys Im Invited them to Join
him In u drink and that after tho llba-'
Hon they parted Ho did not lenrn
.1
that the men hud lccn arrested until
tint following morning, and thought no
more of the inntter until yesterday,
when Arnerlch placed hhn under ar
rest,
BASEBALL IN
BIG LEAGUES
(Rl-cl.il II ii 1 1 ft I ii Cuble )
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 Scores
In the big leagues today wsrei
NATIONAL.
Brooklyn Brooklyn 3, Chicago 2.
Boston Boston 7, Pittsburg 11.
Philadelphia Philadelphia 4, Cincin
nati 11.
New York New York 6, St. Louis 8.
AMERICAN.
8t. Louis St. Louis 4, Washington 0.
Chisago Chicago 6, Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland Cleveland 2, New York 1.
Detroit Detroit 7, Boston 6.
G0MPERS WILL BE
TRIED FOR CONTEMPT
(Klx-elal II ii I let in Cuhlo.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 18. The
District Supreme Court will proceed
against Samuel Qompers, president of
tho American Federation of Labor, for
contempt.
ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE
WRECKED IN A TRIAL
(HlKHlllI llllll' I HI I'llhllt )
DU38ELD0RF, Oer May 16. The
new monster dirigible airship recently
completed by Count Zeppelin was com
pletely wrecked In a trial flight today,
No fatalities are recorded,
MEXICAN FEDERALS RUN
i Km i ml II ii I I ii 1 1 ii I' idle I
NOQALE8, Mes,, Mty lO.-Otnsral
Chiapas and 300 federal lrooH have
mail ihslr iauyiwrii
IN
Admisson
To Committee
On Territories
(Associated Press Cable.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16. Statehood for Hawaii is again before
Congress The resolution passed by the Hawaiian Legislature calling for
Statehood for the Territory was received today and referred to the Senate
Committee on Territories. This committee consists of Smith of Michigan,
Nelson of Minnesota, Burnham of Now Hampshire, Brown of Nebraska,
Bristow of Kansas, McLean of Connecticut, Llppitt of Rhode Island, Owen
of Oklahoma, Chamberlain of Oregon, Shively of Indiana, Johnson of Maine,
and Hitchcock of Nebraska.
BUSINESS LIKES" OIL DECISION
(Associated Press Cable.)
NEW YORK, May 16. Following the decision of the Supreme Court
against the Standard Oil Company yesterday, the stock market is unexpect
edly buoyant. The dieision ia Interpreted as favorable to business, as it lim
its the general application of the Sherman, anti-trust law to "(indue," not to
"every" restraint.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE RAPID
(Associated Tress CaMo.)
JUAREZ, Mex., May 16. A general armistice is hourly expected as a
result of the orooress of the peace negotiations between the federal and
DRUNKEN REBELS
(As.ioc.utcd Tress Cable.)
Mpyirn r.lTV. M.v M. IB Drunken rebels have cantured the town
SHIPMENT OF
CEMENT FOR PEARL
HARBOR DOCKS IS HERE
Cement will furnish tho bulk of
,.., m h l,mimht to the Islands liy,
Malum Navigation steamers for some
trips to enme. Thirty thousand tons
of cement havo been contracted for by
the United States government, tho
hiiiimi lo bo used In the construction
of Ihe great drydoeks ut Peiul Har
bor and also In tho building of the
big fortification that ant going In us
u means of protection there
Tho Miitsnn steamer Wlllielnilna ar
rived (Ids morning with tho Initial
shipment of eight hundred tons of ce
GOES TO WAIALUA
Tho resignation from llyi school lo
pnrlmcnt of Frank II. Richmond, for
merly principal of lliu llllo High
School and tho assignment of Mrs.
Mary 11. CouiDtou lo Iho Wahilua prl
miiry sdiool urn Iho not results of tlio
llltii High School trouble, Imesllg, li
ed by Iho CoiniiilHslonoiH of Public
Instruction uud Urn leiiuini union
Jury
Mrs dun pi nn hud an Interview Willi
Hiiiierliilendcnt Pnpo t lila luoinlim uud
I hen sluti'd lluil sho whs Inclined in
mciipl tlio iissIkiiuiiiiii lo Iho WiiIiiIim
riclinol. rriiMOHKiy iiii kiiiiiui mm
us alio liuil muio tn Hawaii In Iwieli
In ii liluh srl I xliii did iioi aim wi)
aim should Im fen i tn u prlniuiy KllOvl
lllll HllliVllllU'll'll'lll I'llix' hue "Inllril1
Hint im hlah si'huul iIiim. iirti avhII
CONGRESS
Up
PILLAGE TOWN
menl. In addition to lh other lines of
general cargo
lt Is estimated by United Slates
naval engineers nun ii win riinr i
least SftO.OOO barrels of cement lo com
plete the ilrjdoiks, which lire expected
In bo ready for hiislncxs In July of next
Jeiir
Thirty thousand Inns of cement are
no small order, und It Is picdk.tod that
steamers from Sun Kranclsco lo Ho
nolulu for many months will bn laden
with this cnmniodlt so essential to
the coimtriu tlon of the big dock at
Pearl Harbor.
I I
ublo.
Richmond's resignation was turned
in to SiiS'iln(endent Popa when tlio
(Irnnd Jury lirsl took up t tin caso hut
with tho understanding that It wan
not lo Ix-conm operative In Iho event
that an indictment was returned
against Richmond as lending In pro
Judlco his case. There being no In
dictment, Supcilnlendcnt Pope yestor
day dated ilia resignation ns of May
Hill, In accordance with Hlrlinintiil'i
reiptost, and Hcropled 11
COMMISSION TO MEET
Former Cnvornor Coorgo II Carter.
rhuli'iuuti of the new sanitary roui
mission, today Issued a call for Ihe
louimlssloii fn mm l next Thinsihiy
afternoon at II o'clock at ihe ('ham
her of Cinniueiio rooms This Is Hie
real opening of Iho woik undir Hie
riiiuinlssloii
Tin' Aiiii'llmill-ilNWHIIaii fitiluhtir
Metliaii Is Hie next slwimer MdiMul
III iliiimil riilin I'liiiel Hound pull lor
Honolulu Tliu itwl will uw !
He mi Mh Mill Mild thUNUI HIlltD
hem h Hm luiini n, of tliv mhwiIi
21 II
ADDED AGAINST
Men Accused of Wrecking
Times Face Many New
Charges.
MUST PLEAD GUILTY
OR NOT GUILTY SOON
I.OS AN(li:i.l, May I -Twenty
ono now Indictments were voted lato
today by the grand Jury against tho
accused d)iiamllc conspirators, James
UUd John McNiunara and Ortlc Mc
Mnnlgal. Nineteen of tho "Indictments, It Ii
understood, nro against the McNiuna
ras olono and churgo them with mur
der In connection with tlio blowing
up of the IO Angoles Times plant
October 1 nml tho cunseqiiont deaths
of 21 men. Tlio other two aro said
to ho against McManlgal, as princi
pal, and tho McNnmnra brothers us
accomplices In tho Llewellyn Iron
works explosion Christmas da). In
which no ono was killed.
Arraignments Today.
II was almost night when tlio Tn.
qulsltors completed their work and
tho true bills ordered will not bo Iliad
In court until tomorrow morning Tho
(Continued on Page 7)
Uased on tle number residing In
Iho Territory, it larEcr percentage of
Russian laborers nro now engaged In
plantation work Jhan cither Portu
guese, or Spanish, according to fig
ures compiled under tho direction of
Dr Victor 8. Clark, commissioner of
Immigration The figures would seem
to provo that Iho cry against tho Rui
shins us not having gonn to the plan
tations Is Jargoly unfounded.
Accoidlng to theso statistics, slnco
1H09. when Russian Immigration prac
tically began, "CO Russians hnvoenmo
lo Haw-all and remained here Sotr.o
of those who eamo went away, in sail
ing vessels or tramp steamers and a
few went to tho coast on regular
stoauicrs, perhaps, hut probibly only
a score r two havo gone, On March
31, out of the total of 7B0 accounted
for hero. 200 worn on tho payrolls of
Iho sugar plantations. Many others
wero on ranches In mull fanning dis
tricts or at lumber camps on tho Isl
and of Hawaii, mid tho rest were en
gaged In casual or permanent employ
ment In and around Honolulu
Tho statistics uhow that approxi
mately 27 per cent of the Russians
nro now engaged In plantation lab
or, whllo of tho Portuguese and Span
ish residents of tho Islands, exclusive,
of tlio recent Orlorlc ship-load, only
IK per cent wero on Iho plantations
Whllo this Is In part accounted for by
tho fart that Iho I'orlugueso havo
been hero much longer than Ihe Itus
slans and mall) havo gotten togother
a little money and iiult plantation
work. It is taken as a proof that the
Russians nro making good as assisted
labor
CAVALRY BARRACKS
BILL PASSES, SENATE
(Associated Pleas Cat.K)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 16 The
cavalry barracks bill passed the Sen
ale today.
ELEVEN INDICTED
AT COLUMBUS, 0.
lAuH'l,ilH i Clble )
COLUMBUS, O, May 16 eleven
secret Indictments have been returned
In connection with the alleged election
frauds here,
Tiiklnv ii fslr list of hhIiIii hiiiI dock
UltliHrk lb InImHsIhIuI stemmaji
Mmhua Kt MtlliHl fin" HlUi ut law
HiMlk Utte HKKHlflir Hm VOttW M
iM fwldil fIC UtetotsHI 111 m of
eall oil Sumi uttd llawMl,
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